Re: proposed conlang database

I'm not sure how you would mirror it...at a guess, the "secondary"
servers could do a database query against the primary, and flush it's
existing copy and replace it with the one from the primary.

Backup:  If you have shell access, a very basic way is tell the mysql
client to dump out the entire database w/structure+data (I don't
remember the exact command for this, I'd have to look), compress the
resulting file and store it somewhere offline, as it were.  What I
currently use is phpMyAdmin (it's a great tool for managing your MySQL
database(s)) which includes a backup tool.

phpMyAdmin is available at sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/

Iain


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Constructed Languages List
> [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU] On Behalf Of Garrett Jones
> Sent: Monday, 2002 March 18 16:39
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CONLANG] proposed conlang database
>
>well, i'm going to have an in-detail explanation of every field
available (via java pop-up window by a link), so that you will know what

>each field means.
>Well, I just recently renewed my domain name until about 2011, so that
won't be an issue. I pay for my server once a year, and it will
>run out in march next year. So, if i set this up and suddenly croaked,
it would run automated for about a year's time :) In any case,
>having a back up is always a good idea. I am planning on programming it
in PHP and storing it by MySql. Unfortunately, i have no idea >how to
back up mysql or have it mirrored... does anyone else?